Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-08-03

Ing an'mais may, and will be vefy greatly increased.
 The natural topography of the country, with large annual rain and snowfall there occurring, makes t an easy possi' bility to store winter snow and summei ram for constant use. By the use ol tanks, wells and pipes. this very safe and profitable business enterprise will be enlarged to most wonderful degree.
 ''Is ,be business of cattle. horse and sheep-raislng safe and pro6tablef
 "Yes, 1t is even safer business than banking. when established and con- ducted with the same usual care and caution practiced by that class of con- servative business men. The original money invested with the same caution m cattle enterprise is safer. because there are less temptations and oppostu- mites for thef, and fraud on the part of employees and managers. An employe or manager cannot inappropriate the capital thus represented in cattle and land. In nbanking it is quite different. The cash securities representing the business can be easily carried away. and instances are numerous where this has been done. In the Livestock business, under the same able and conservative management the legitimate losses are less than those experienced in banking.
 As to profits. there is even . wider range of comparison.
 No high-pr,ced bank presidents and costly cashiers whose salaries must be commensurate with the style of living which obtains with this class of men.
 No expensive, non-productive, high priced corner lot, and all the other con- comitants of a banking business which must be very centrally located-and con sequently costly to high degree. As the cattle business is now conducted on the open plains of Ariz na, $Ioo, 900 or any other amount invested in live stock running at large on public lands. with only a nominal amount of dead money iu the very rude and inexpensive con- veniences necessary for branding the in- crease Of the herds and simple dwell ling place for the humble cowboy does not require an annual outlay to carefully care for the same, one-half as large 6 is required in the banking, or any osr' ., wellestablished and nonspee-. .,,,;,- business. Because of free ,,.., .nd water, and the simplicity os the h,,.;,.s. instances are numero.i IS, where so per cent. per annum t.as been made in thi, industry in A.,isona in the natural m. crease of .ne herds. It is safe to say that 7s per cent. of the matured females of herd will each year reproduce themselves under ordinary circumstances aud even go per cent. increase often oc- CUTS with small and well cared for herds.
 All range animals are allowed to run at large, being rounded up once, and sometimes twice. year, for the purpose of branding the increase before they are old enough to leave their dams. A calf once carefully branded requires no fur ther care or cost till it is cid enough to be shipped to the market, and then it with others is driven to the nearest raiL road station and shipped to the proper market.
 Before closing this letter it is proper to say, however, that some parts of Ari- zona are already fully stocked, and to place additional animals on these rsnees would simply be business suicide. There are numerous other localities where the business can be enlarged or with safety to the origiDsl nvestsmens and with large annual pro- its.
 We wish 10 say further, also, that the livestock industry of the r,lain in all the great grazing countries is not to-day nearly so profitable as it was several years ago. Notwithstanding the fart, md the present Aigh prices obtaiaable Tor southern California real estate in the ong run. capital wisely invested in cat :le, horses and sheep in Arizona will pay an annual average porft larger than the same invested in lard at the present fabulous price2